Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2002-10-28 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rob Merrifield (Yellowhead, Canadian Alliance)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I listened very closely to my colleague's comments on health care. I am relatively new to the House in the sense that I have only been here since the last election and do not exactly understand all of the integral details of how things work around here. However it seems to me that when a government asks for a take note debate, an emergency debate or a debate on an issue there should be some sort of a plan put before the House so we can intelligently debate it.</p>\n<p>What we have today is a debate on health care. We have had 10 years of absolute neglect by the government on health care and yet we were asked to come here and debate but I have heard nothing of any substance at all from the other side.</p>\n<p>Why would the government be doing this at this stage and why today? Is there something I am missing? I would like her comments on that.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2002/10/28/rob-merrifield-12/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/rob-merrifield/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1569/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Health Care System",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2002/10/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2002%2F10%2F28%2F"
    }
}